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Saves: $641.16 per and increases their $162,301.27 share of the national debt by $997.53.(source info)

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Maique

We can expect yet another round of bickerfest over this bill, OR go for a 2/3 solution and get on with our individual and national lives. 2/3 solution? Yes. Adjust the bill to make it (oh manna from heaven) 'revenue neutral'. The gross results numbers ($1100 savings per family in exchange for $390 increase in debt per family) imply that reducing the per family benefit to $710 should reduce the associated debt increase to $0.00 Ta-daaa! Everyone gets something for nothing!!! Behold the 'magic' of primary school arithmetic in combination with common sense. Cynical Prediction: The 2/3 solution will never see the light of day, let alone be adopted - too simple and logical, and absolutely no 'fun' for the 'thumb-in-your-eye' pols on Capitol Hill.

Maique

We can expect yet another round of bickerfest over this bill, OR go for a 2/3 solution and get on with our individual and national lives. 2/3 solution? Yes. Adjust the bill to make it (oh manna from heaven) 'revenue neutral'. The gross results numbers ($1100 savings per family in exchange for $390 increase in debt per family) imply that reducing the per family benefit to $710 should reduce the associated debt increase to $0.00 Ta-daaa! Everyone gets something for nothing!!! Behold the 'magic' of primary school arithmetic in combination with common sense. Cynical Prediction: The 2/3 solution will never see the light of day, let alone be adopted - too simple and logical, and absolutely no 'fun' for the 'thumb-in-your-eye' pols on Capitol Hill.

Mel Wolf

Phillip D Bradley

As of 09/28/2012, I've now applied for 200 jobs this year. I've applied for dishwasher, float driver, Ripley's, even as a customer service rep for the Workforce of Central Florida. I've been in customer service since I started working at age 15. I've tried as auto parts counterman and driver, having 24 years experience. I've worked for 35 years paying my taxes, but I don't think I've deserved it, being unemployed for over a year now. I recently earned my Associates of Science in Computers. I have been passed over as I don't have years of experience. Of course how can I get experience if I can't get hired. Now I’m just observing that my search seems a little prejudice, not true at all, because I'm over age 50. The search continues and I won't give up until I find the opportunity that I guess I might deserve. Thank God for such a "Great Nation," and peoples support here in the U.S. where I can still have a little pride and dignity in my quest for a better tomorrow. Anybody Hiring?